SEN Higher Level Teaching Assistant

The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3QG

11 days remaining to apply

Start date details
Sept 2025
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 May 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 6 (pts 15-20)

SEN Higher Level Teaching Assistant job summary

The Governors are looking to appoint an exceptional Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) from September 2025 to work in our EDEN (Educational Development Emotional Nurture) provision, supporting children with additional needs, including SEND and SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) challenges.

We are looking for a HLTA who has strong understanding of special educational needs and extremely high expectations of both behaviour and children’s achievement, including those with complex learning needs. They should be enthusiastic and hard-working, as well as being a good team player and willing to learn ‘The St Gregory’s Way,’ which is trauma informed and based on a restorative approach to working as a team and helping children learn. Having fun in the classroom is really important to us and we believe that our children learn well when they are challenged, supported, nurtured and enjoy themselves! If this is also your belief, then we would love to hear from you.

We are committed to the education of the whole child and are looking for someone who understands and respects the diverse needs of our children, as well as valuing the special ethos of our School.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.